Slaughterings of Stock
District Cattle Calves Sheep 1 Of which 1 ■ Ewes ■ were Lambs Swine Meat Export Slaughterous — North Island i Auckland . . ... .. Poverty Bay - Hawkes Bay Taranaki-Manawatu Wairiarapa-Wellington 124,616 50,034 66,096 30,360 591,273 57,173 218,348 30,513 101,190 ' 298,613 119,673 113,062 60,630 172,822 84,762 50,491 954,516 1,018,057 935,784 706,418 221,764 20,547 121,594 28,651 Totals .. .. .. Abattoirs . . 271,106 91,877 897,307 28,942 . 632,538 342,719 368,705 177,444 3,614,775 57,176 392,556 85,520 .North Island Totals 362,983 926,249 975,257 546,149 3,671,951 478,076 • Meat Export Slaughterous .Nelson-Marlborough Canterbury Otago-Southland . . .. es — 1,338 9,220 7,081 South Island 10,042 | 30,912 41.460 | 290,415 39.460 | 163,811 13,667 239,815 136,563 119,664 1,142,327 1,393,404 7,527 24,573 5,288 1 13,667 | 119,664 239,815 | 1,142,327 136,563 | 1,393,404 7,527 24,573 5,288 Totals • Abattoirs . . 17,639 40,462 90,962 10,539 485,138 193,527 390,045 97,480 2,655,395 22,592 37,388 34,018 South Island Totals . . 58,101 101,501 678,665 487,525 2,677,987 , .71,406 Dominion Meat-expt. Slaughterhouses Abattoirs .. .. . . 288,745 132,339 988,269 39,481 1,117,676 536,246 - !■- 758,750 274,924 6,270,170 79,768 429,944 119,538 Grand Totals .. .. 421,084 1,027.750 1,653,922 1,036,674 6,349,938 549,482 ■ 1,027,750 1,653,922 1,036,674 6,349,938 549,482 In addition the followingstock were slaughtered at rural slaughterhouses during the nine months ended 31/12/40 55,816 1,288 172,674 Unknown 14,925 20,286Same Period, 1939-40 — Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs .. Rural Slaughterhouses 356,866 57,869 1,016,837 1,511 1,578,546 173,788 779,145 Unknown 5,535,946 15,281 434,153 21,185 Same Period, 1938-39 Meat Export Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs . . Rural; Slaughterhouses .. 351,546 64,352 980,510 1,606 1,625,384 162,447 797,736 Unknown 5,446,079 14,393 563,109 21,406
The following returns of slaughterings of stock at meat-export slaughterhouses and abattoirs for the nine months, May-January, 1940-41, has been compiled by the Livestock Division: —
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 62, Issue 3, 15 March 1941, Page 206
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253Slaughterings of Stock New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 62, Issue 3, 15 March 1941, Page 206
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